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From version 0.8.0, Stellarium fully supports translation into other languages. There are two methods to do translations:

Translation using gettext - this is the "old method", although it still works with some manual work from the core developers. This method is still useful if you want to do translation in a place where you will not have Internet connection for long periods of time because you can download the files and work on them offline, and then send the completed files to the core developer team when you are online again.

Translations are split into two groups: stellarium (for the main program text), and stellarium-skycultures (for the sky culture stuff). From the main Stellarium translation page, choose one of these categories, selecting the appropriate View Template & All Languages... link.

You will see a list of many languages with the translation status... If a language you speak is not complete, select it from the list.

Start translating. That's all. :-)

What if your language(s) are already translated in Launchpad? You can still help by checking through the existing translations and making sure there is nothing incorrect or malicious in there.

Any questions?

If you have any questions, such as the proper context or meaning of a string, feel free to ask it at the Translators forum at Stellarium's project page at SourceForge. You can login to SourceForge with a number of identities, including Google, Yahoo, OpenID (Wordpress) and many others.